L i f e s t y l e FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 Brad Pitt skips film premiere to focus on ‘family situation’ producer says “we all respect his Tasioulis said. “And he wanted to focus on privacy” as Brad Pitt skipped his first his family. So he didn’t come there as Apublic appearance after last week’s well.” Pitt has yet to file a response in the split with Angelina Jolie Pitt. He didn’t divorce case. Jolie Pitt cited irreconcilable attend the premiere of Terrence Malick’s differences in her Sept 20 filing to end new documentary Wednesday night as their two-year marriage, and she is seeking scheduled. Pitt, who narrates “Voyage of sole custody of the couple’s six children. Time: The IMAX Experience,” said in a The FBI says it’s continuing to evaluate statement Wednesday that he’s grateful to whether to investigate Pitt’s reported Owen Wilson, a cast member in “Masterminds,” poses have been part of the project, but is “cur- involvement in a fight aboard a private jet at the premiere of the film at the TCL Chinese Theatre rently focused on my family situation and carrying his family on Sept 14. The inci- on Monday in Los Angeles. — AP don’t want to distract attention away from dent led to allegations that Pitt was abu- this extraordinary film.” sive to his 15-year-old son, and several Producer Sophokles Tasioulis said out- media outlets have also reported the actor side the California Science Center IMAX In this file photo, actor Brad Pitt is under investigation by a child welfare ‘Masterminds’ Theatre that he understood Pitt’s absence. attends the premiere of “The Big agency. The Los Angeles County “Right now, he’s in a very difficult situation Short” in New York. — AP Department of Children and Family personally. And we want people to come two are “great friends.” Tasioulis said pro- Services will not say whether it is investi- brings botched here for the movie, not for what is going ducers had not been in direct contact with gating the incident. Jolie Pitt’s divorce fil- on behind the scenes in Brad’s personal Pitt for more than two weeks. ing lists the day after the flight as when ‘Hillbilly Heist’ to cinema life,” Tasioulis said. “So I think it was a “We last spoke to him when he was still the couple separated. Her lawyer said the f the bandits in crime caper “Masterminds” seem too stupid to good decision by him. And we all respect in France. Because the 90-minute (version actress decided to divorce “for the health be real, don’t blame the scriptwriters-this outlandish comedy- his privacy.” Pitt is also credited as produc- of “Voyage of Time”) premiered in Venice, of the family.” Pitt’s next film after “Voyage Iof-errors is almost entirely true. It is a classic tale of robbery er on the film. Malick directed him in the so it was like a one hour hop over from the of Time” is Robert Zemeckis’ World War II gone wrong, but Jared Hess’ latest movie is more likely to be Oscar-nominated 2011 family drama “Tree south of France to Venice. (We asked) drama “Allied,” set for release in compared to “The Keystone Cops” than “Reservoir Dogs” when it of Life” and producer Sarah Green said the whether he would like to come or not,” November. — AP hits US theaters today. “Masterminds” stars Zach Galifianakis and Kristen Wiig in the story of the $17.3 million so-called Loomis Fargo Robbery, uncharitably nicknamed the “Hillbilly Heist” due to the southern, rural backgrounds of the main players. “From the get-go, it seemed so crazy that they had stolen all this money A legendary singer, but then they got caught because they were so ridiculous in how they were spending it,” Hess told AFP. “They made so many bad decisions it just seemed like it would make an outrageous comedy.” The film follows the mis- into the music once again adventures of anti-hero David Ghantt, played by Galifianakis, as he pulls off the third-largest robbery in US history on October 4, hen Van Morrison’s fiercest crit- wistful spirit that made him Hollywood’s 1997. The trouble begins when Ghantt, a trusted armored-truck driver for Loomis Fargo, falls for security guard Kelly Campbell ic likes his work it’s easy to tell. go-to guy for movie soundtracks. (Wiig). After she quits her job, Campbell, egged on by local petty WThere’s an audible murmur of He’s in a better mood than on other thief Steve Chambers (Owen Wilson), persuades Ghantt to clean approval, and it comes from the man recent albums, and it’s easy to imagine out the company’s vault in Charlotte, North Carolina. himself. It’s the sound Morrison makes songs like “Every Time I See a River,” when he’s into the music. He does it a written with lyricist Don Black, or “In Boring life few bars into “Let It Rhyme,” the opener Tiburon,” a name-dropping homage to “He was so bored with his life and just wanted adventure,” to “Keep Me Singing” - an early hint that the San Francisco Bay, playing as credits said Hess, whose previous movies include 2004’s “Napolean this might be his best album since “The roll. Morrison, who just turned 71, has of “Moondance,” “Astral Weeks” or “Into Dynamite” and “Nacho Libre” in 2006. “He was into reading Healing Game” nearly two decades ago. penned good songs in recent years, but the Music.” But an older, less audacious Tom Clancy novels, watching ‘James Bond’ movies. He signed With playful references to past lyrics, no album has approached the bursts of Morrison can still soothe the soul when up to work at Loomis Fargo thinking that was gonna be a fun nods to heroes like Sam Cooke and Chet sustained brilliance that established him he is into the music - and he won’t be life and it turned out to be very boring. “He and Kelly Campbell Baker, and heartfelt singing throughout, as one of the world’s great songwriters. the only one murmuring his approval would always talk about what they would do with all this mon- Morrison harkens back to the gentle, And this one doesn’t soar to the heights this time. — AP ey and she eventually manipulated him and convinced him to do it.” After stuffing a van with $17.3 million of stolen cash, Ghantt delivers the haul to Chambers’ gang and flees to Mexico, hoping Campbell will eventually follow him, while the FBI hunts for the culprits. Review: Sober mood dominates The case-which eventually led to Ghantt being jailed-fea- tured on TV shows like “America’s Most Wanted” as a textbook example of how not to go about a major heist. Hosts would gleefully point to each of the errors the would-be thieves made, new Drive-By Truckers album most notably Ghantt leaving behind vital evidence after remov- ing video tape from all but one security camera. “The original plan was to steal the money and then lay low for nine months, he Drive-By Truckers are celebrating forming in this state of mind.” Previous and then the FBI has to move on to other things-it becomes a their 20th anniversary this year in a Truckers albums have addressed econom- cold case,” says Hess. “But they couldn’t stop themselves.” Tgrave mood. The cover art of an ic struggles and race, but mostly using Chambers and his wife Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Ellis) buy a American flag at half-staff is a tip-off. The narrative devices. mansion with their ill-gotten gains, and put up cash in small liberal-leaning Southern rockers who have This time, the gloves are off. The sear- bills for a BMW Z3 sports car. long struggled to both celebrate their ing “What It Means” was influenced by the roots and recognize its bitter past have killing of Trayvon Martin - and Hood is in a ‘He’s a sweetheart’ delivered a sober new album with a with- scolding mood: “If you say it wasn’t racial Michelle raised further suspicion by taking wads of notes to ering view of today’s South. The often- when they shot him in his tracks, well I the bank and asking openly how much cash she would be able gloomy but vitally important “American guess it means that you ain’t black,” he to deposit before arousing suspicion. Eventually the couple dis- Band” sees the Truckers weigh in strongly sings. There’s precious little honky-tonk patched overzealous hitman Mike McKinney (Jason Sudeikis) to on such issues as police shootings, the fun here. Mexico to kill Ghantt-leading to another farcical turn of events. National Rifle Association, depression, The band, known for its finely etched When Ghantt discovers the betrayal he returns to North Carolina school massacres, lying CEOs and even portraits celebrating Southern rascals and on a mission to rescue his true love and expose Chambers as the progress. eccentrics, seems to have simply run out heist’s real mastermind. “He’s such a sweetheart of a person, “Are you now or have you ever been in of patience. “Despite our best intentions, it also a really smart guy with a deep sense of humor about all the cahoots with the notion that people can pains me to report/ we keep swinging for mistakes he did along the way,” Hess says of Ghantt, a consult- Banned Imagine.” His songwriting and ant on the film. — AP change?” co-singer and co-guitarist Mike singing partner, Patterson Hood, is similar- the fences, coming up a little short,” Hood Cooley asks in the nihilistic “Once They ly glum on another song: “Clouds are sings on “Ever South.” — AP